S.Amdt. 5900

SA 5900. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title XI, insert the following:

SEC. __. SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RECEIVING COMPENSATION
FOR ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS.

(a) Covered Employee Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered employee'' means any current or former civilian
officer or employee of the Department of Defense who has been
determined eligible for, and has received, a lump-sum payment
under the implementation by the Department of Defense of
section 901(i) of title IX of division J of the Further
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)).
(b) Adjustment of Compensation.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may increase the
amount of monthly compensation paid to a covered employee
under section 8105 of title 5, United States Code.
(2) Amount.--In lieu of the percentage specified in section
8105(a) of title 5, United States Code, the amount of
compensation described in paragraph (1) shall be the amount
necessary to ensure that the total monthly compensation
payable to the covered employee equals 75 percent of the
maximum rate of basic pay plus the applicable locality-based
comparability payment under section 5304 of such title for
GS-15, step 10, determined by reference to the Washington,
District of Columbia locality pay area, as determined under
section 5332 of such title.
(3) Administration.--The Secretary shall ensure that an
increase in compensation described in paragraph (1) is
applied without the need for additional application or
adjudication by the covered employee.
(c) Guidelines.--
(1) In general.--If the Secretary decides to exercise the
authority provided by subsection (b), the Secretary shall
issue guidelines to increase compensation as described in
such subsection not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(2) Coordination.--The Secretary shall develop the
guidelines described in paragraph (1) in coordination with
the cross-functional team established under section 910 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
(10 U.S.C. 111 note; Public Law 117-81).
(d) Rules of Construction.--
(1) Other individuals.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to alter the application of section 8105 of title
5, United States Code, with respect to any individual other
than a covered employee.
(2) Duration.--Nothing in this section shall be construed
to require payment of compensation under this section after
the period during which the disability of the covered
employee relating to a qualifying injury of the brain is
total under section 8105 of title 5, United States Code.
(3) Medical care.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to expand, limit, or otherwise affect the scope of
medical care, treatment, or related services provided under
any other provision of law, including the HAVANA Act of 2021
(Public Law 117-46) and the amendments made by that Act.
(e) Sunset.--This section shall cease to be effective on
the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
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